15 Please, Master Jesus, come with me and touch my father’s heart. He is so good and kind when he is just himself; I know it is the wine that makes another man of him. 16 And Jesus went out with the child; he found the wretched home; he spoke in kindness to the mother and the little ones, and then upon a bed of straw he found the drunken man. 17 He took him by the hand and raised him up and said, My brother, man, made in the image of our Father-God, will you arise and come with me? 18 Your neighbors are in sore distress; they have lost all they had in this fierce fire, and men must build their homes again and you and I must lead the way. 19 And then the man arose; the two went arm in arm to view the wrecks. 20 They heard the mothers and the children crying in the streets; they saw their wretchedness. 21 And Jesus said, My friend, here is a work for you to do. Just lead the way in helpfulness; I’m sure the men of Bethany will furnish you the means and help. 22 The spark of hope that had so long been smouldering in the man was fanned into a flame. He threw his ragged coat aside; he was himself again. 23 And then he called for help; not for himself, but for the homeless ones; and everybody helped. The ruined homes were built again. 24 And then he saw his own poor den; his heart was stirred into its depths. 25 The pride of manhood filled his soul; he said, This wretched den shall be a home. He worked as he had never wrought before, and everybody helped. 26 And in a little while the den became a home indeed; the flowers of love bloomed everywhere. 27 The mother and the little ones were filled with joy; the father never drank again. 28 A man was saved, and no one ever said a word about neglect or drunkenness, nor urged him to reform. CHAPTER 93. _The Christines go through a field of ripe wheat, and the disciples eat of the wheat. Jesus exonerates them. The Christines return to Capernaum. Jesus heals a withered hand on the Sabbath, and defends his deed._ Another Sabbath day had come and Jesus and the twelve walked through a field of ripened wheat. 2 And they were hungry and they took the heads of wheat and in their hands threshed out the grain and ate. 3 Among the men who followed them were Pharisees of strictest sect, and when they saw the twelve thresh out the wheat and eat, they said to Jesus, 4 Sir, why do the twelve do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day? 5 And Jesus said, Have you not heard what David did when he and those who followed him had need of food? 6 How he went to the house of God and from the table in the Holy Place took of the presence bread and ate, and gave to those who followed him? 7 I tell you, men, the needs of man are higher than the law of rites. 8 And in our sacred books we read how priests profane the Sabbath day in many ways while they are serving in the Holy Place, and still are free from guilt.